Pierogi from Scammer Payback on YouTube joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about scams and scambaiting. Why do scammers ask victims to buy gift cards? What are some of the biggest scammer red flags? Do they ever get caught? How many scams are out there? Should I mess with scammers for fun if I identify one? What software and hardware does Scammer Payback use? How can those creepy sex bot internet commenters lead to a scam? Pierogi answers these questions and many more on Scambaiting Support.
https://www.youtube.com/@ScammerPayback
0:00 Scambaiting Support
0:27 Scammer red flags
1:12 Scammers and Gift cards
1:39 How many scams are out there?
2:13 Messing with scammers for fun
3:54 Scambaiting: Origins
4:24 Random scam texts
4:57 Most scammed social media platform
5:23 Can scam texts track your phone?
6:16 Amazon scam LIVE
7:03 The most absurd scam call ever
7:42 Voice changing/Scammer Payback Setup
8:41 Phone number spoofing—how?
9:08 Scammed out of your crypto
10:13 Benefits? PTO? How about a 401K Match?
11:06 How do the creepy bots make money?
12:18 Programs
12:41 …….
13:08 Some common senior citizen scams
14:35 How do scam call centers work?
15:37 Money mule address
17:50 Someone hacked my amazon account! But…
18:58 How did they get past my 2FA?
19:56 Is public wifi safe? Is VPN good?
20:42 Gaining access to scammers machines
21:36 The epicenter of call centers?
22:48 Pierogi > Police?
23:21 Let’s move this convo over to WhatsApp
23:59 Scam Likely
24:19 Fake shopping sites/The Cat
25:27 Do scammers ever get caught?
26:00 Caught in a PayPal scam
26:31 I want my money back
26:45 Meet the team
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Mark Denney
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Pierogi
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Talent Booker: Mica Medoff
Camera Operator: Franz Criscione
Sound Mixer: Mark Cochran
Production Assistant: Reed Vrooman
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Special Thanks: The Entire Scammer Payback Team
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Thank you for having us on!! Don’t get scammed!! <3
I was not expecting this crossover but it was awesome
wow
This is amazing. I’m so proud of you Pierogi
So proud of you! Thank you for educating the most vulnerable❤️💜🩷
Great video thank you, but you guys need a better tag line other than Don’t Get Scammed! That’s like saying Don’t Get Hit By A Bus! How about something like Think Before You Send Money, or Don’t Send Dough.
*I’ve never seen someone rocking that blue hair like you man*
Can’t take anyone with blue hair seriously, whether it’s rational or not.
Everyone got scammed me included. We try to reduce the chances of getting scammed.
11:45 there was a Black Mirror episode about that, Shut Up and Dance (S3E3)
I had a few scammers call me, I kept giving them expired Amazon gift card numbers, I wasted their time, not my time though, because I was drinking and had nothing better to do but laugh! One scammer got so mad, he said to me, remember 911? I said yes, he said we’re going to do it again! I laughed so hard and said, but the towers are not even there anymore!😂😂😂😂
It did happened to me 4 days ago online fraud
Maybe the limit one can withdrawal each day with a debit card blocks many of these scams. If one needs to go into the bank and use an actual human teller to withdraw thousands of dollars questions will be raised.
There even on words with friends pretending to be movie actors just happened to me deleted them right away
What if I buy the gift cards, redeem the codes myself and tell the scammer the codes i already redeemed?
How come Amazon, Norton, Xfinity and all the other companies they use as bait, don’t address this problem? By the way you guys are amazing, and I subscribe to services that support you. Thank you for what you do
This video was too long. Halfway through it, I got hungry, so I left it playing and went to the kitchen to fix myself a sandwich. But then I found out that I’m out of mayonnaise so I went to a store. There, I saw the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my whole life. But I’m a really shy person, so I took up a three-year personality development course so I could introduce myself. She was very friendly and all, but unfortunately, she had a boyfriend. So I said, “All good, I’m a mature person.” I wanted the best for her, and I harbored no illusion that I was the best person for her, and she seemed happy with her boyfriend, so I didn’t bother her anymore. But we kept in touch and we became friends and I got over my crush on her. Then she broke up with her boyfriend, and we drank some alcohol because of it. I told her she’ll be fine and I wished her well. I still think she’s the most beautiful woman in the world, but like I said, I am over my crush on her. It was like five years ago since I first saw her. Besides, I am quite happy with the friendship I developed with her. It was more important than a crush. So we kept hanging out, drinking, having coffee, and all. I had a girlfriend, and she started dating other guys. My girlfriend wanted to live some other life without me in it, so I said, “Okay, I want the best for you, and I want you to pursue your happiness.” My lady friend and I drank alcohol about it, and she gave me the same advice I gave her when she was in that position, and I became okay with the breakup immediately. But we were really drunk, so she spent the night in my apartment. I only have one bed, so you know what that means: She took the bed, and I slept on the couch. But on the couch, I really can’t sleep. Something was bothering me. So I tossed and turned for about three hours, then I finally couldn’t take it anymore, I stood up and went straight to my room where she’s sleeping. I approached the bed, gently sat on it, and I reached for her shoulder to pull her closer to me. She stirred and woke up. She asked what’s up. I told her, “you know, the first time I saw you, I was watching a video and left it playing to get myself a sandwich then went to the store to get some mayo then I got so distracted by life that I forgot to finish the video.” She said, “You know what, I’ve been wondering about a weird noise in your night drawer.” So we opened that drawer, and lo and behold, there’s my phone, and this video still has two minutes of play time on it.
is it his real name? pie?
“Microsoft Support” when I don’t run anything with Microsoft…
Nice try chump.
it is unfairly discriminatory but the way to identify a scammer is by their accent.
I love it when they start with “Hey mom/dad…”
Hm that person obviously knows im one of his parents….good enough for me!
11:39 this happened to my teen. Thank God she was brave enough to tell me what happened and we handled it with the police before anything was released.
it’s okay to name the problem. there aren’t “wonderful” people in the muddle east. you can say it’s the muddle easterners culture to steal and scam. their average iq is below the line for mental retardation. name the problem.
Thank you. This was really interesting
Don’t send anyone apple cards